Christmas Greetings From Storm Worm

On the 17th of January, a Trojan horse identified as Small.dam, but widely known as "Storm Worm", was discovered. Back in January, Storm Worm infected an impressive number of computers, but now things are calm. Well, they seemed to be calm, because Storm Worm's authors(or so it seems) created a new version of this wicked piece of code, just in time for Christmas...


If your Windows operating system is up to date, you shouldn't worry about the old Storm Worm, but if you have this new version...well, you should laugh at your trouble and enjoy the ride! I am not drunk, I am simply saying that, fortunately, the reloaded version of Storm Worm is not a serious threat to your data's security.

In fact, while the original Storm Worm was sending emails with various subjects, such as "U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice has kicked German Chancellor Angela Merkel", "Naked teens attack home director" or "Saddam Hussein safe and sound!", the "Christmas Edition" will also send emails, but with subjects that match perfectly this time period, like "I love this Carol!", "Merry Christmas To All", "Jingle Bells, Jingle Bells" or "Santa Said, HO HO HO".

Now, I have no idea what Santa thinks about this Christmas virus, but I am sure he wouldn't bring such a thing to any kid...or maybe only the naughty ones! Well, the good part is that all you have to do to avoid this virus is to be really careful with your email, and if you want to know more about this unwanted Christmas visitor, more information can be found on this page.

Just one more thing...with or without the Storm Worm, have a Merry Christmas!

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